Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Energized!

Getting set up for the Celebrate Holiday Bazaar

Last week I finished the
first draft on my second Caitlyn Jamison mystery. As I sat back and thought
about where the story had taken me, it occurred to me, once again, that my
books are character driven.

Is it because my
characters don’t trust me to come up with an interesting story, or is it that I
am developing the characters to the point where they have minds of their own? I
find some characters are more controlling than others and it’s interesting to
sit back and see how their personalities develop.

Getting through the first
draft was a long haul – almost a year – but that fact energized me to really
dig in and fully develop the characters and the plot lines. I also want to give
my readers something to think about by the end of the story.

And then,
the folks I met at last Sunday’s holiday bazaar have also energized me. “Are
you the author?” was the question as their faces lit up. They’d pick up the
book, read the back, and then we’d talk about books and the writing process.

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I am a semi-retired Virtual Assistant. I do transcription work when I am not writing mysteries and documenting my family history. I am a member of the Genealogy Club of Newtown, CT, Fredericksburg Regional Genealogical Society, Manatee (FL) Genealogical Society, Anna Maria (FL) Historical Society, Ulysses (NY) Historical Society, and Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc.
I am a member of the Central Virginia Chapter of Sisters in Crime, and the England Run Library Inklings Writing Group.